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Mission Statement <br />The Council reviewed and revised the Mission Statement & Vision Statement of the City and the <br />results are as follows: <br />The City of La Porte embraces our heritage, community values, and opportunities, while <br />enhancing the quality of life for our citizens. <br />Vision Statement <br />To provide improved infrastructure, to drive economic growth, <br />and to enhance quality of life for our citizens. <br />Core Values <br />The City Council wanted to specify the core values under which the City and its staff function. <br />Core values are the general guidelines that establish the foundation for how an organization will <br />operate. Staff then discussed these value statements to define and gain an understanding of what <br />those Core Value meant to staff from a leadership perspective. Staff first discussed what the <br />elements of each Core Value represented, then prepared a Leadership Statement for each one. <br />The listed the following as the Core Values of the City of La Porte: <br />• Health & Public Safety: City employees will ensure the health and safety of our <br />citizens by providing and maintaining superior public infrastructure and public safety <br />services. <br />• Integrity & Accountability: City employees will be open, honest and transparent, and <br />be accountable to the Council so that Council can be responsive to the citizens. <br />• Superior Customer Service: City employees will proactively provide superior customer <br />service in a positive and timely manner. <br />• Quality in everything we do: City employees will strive for superiority in all services <br />we provide. <br />2 <br />